#AABA40#AABA40

#AABA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.146 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AABA40
RGB	rgb(170, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -21.80, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 61.60, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0647 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.146 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0627, 44.0345, 11.5019)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AABA40 #5040BA

analogous

#BA8D40 #AABA40 #6DBA40

triadic

#AABA40 #40AABA #BA40AA

tetradic

#AABA40 #40BA8D #5040BA #BA406D

square

#AABA40 #40BA8D #5040BA #BA406D

split-complementary

#AABA40 #406DBA #8D40BA

monochromatic

#575F21 #808C30 #AABA40 #BFCC6B #D3DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#AABA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#AABA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AABA40

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AABA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AABA40	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.146 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce7b',
    500: '#aaba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaba40;
$custom-light: #c6ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.869,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75329,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AABA40

secondary

#968EC8

accent

#4FD861

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AABA40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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